Sven Steinheißer
Software Engineer Tech Lead at Yelp
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolSven Steinheißer is a seasoned Software Engineer and Tech Lead based in Hamburg with 15 years of experience building web applications and leading engineering efforts. He has a deep Ruby on Rails pedigree from roles at mindmatters, XING and Qype and has been driving platform and team-level work at Yelp since 2014 while also operating as a freelancer. Sven blends hands-on development with people leadership, focusing on reliable, maintainable systems and pragmatic delivery across startups and larger organizations. His academic background in Medieninformatik (Diplom, 1.8) complements a practical career that often straddles consultancy and long-term product engineering. Not immediately obvious: he maintains both independent freelance work alongside a senior role at Yelp, demonstrating an ability to juggle client-facing projects and large-scale product responsibilities.
15 years of coding experience
Diplom, Medieninformatik, 1,8, Diplom, Medieninformatik, 1,8 at Fachhochschule Flensburg
Github Skills (56)
bounce10
yelp10
rails-gem10
indieweb10
yelp-fusion-api10
activemodel10
inbox9
web-application9
sensu9
email-parsing9
django9
rails9
api9
discourse9
fusion9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Yelp/love
Feb 2017 - Nov 2021
A system to share your appreciation
Contributions:8 reviews, 55 commits, 38 PRs in 4 years 9 months
djangoshare
rockdog/sinatra
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
Simple dockerized Sinatra app
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
sinatrarailsdockerrubypostgresql
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